All 3 entries tagged <em>Universities</em>https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/tag/universities/?atom=atomWarwick Blogs, University of Warwick(C) 20202020-06-07T06:56:56ZThat RAE analysis in full byhttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/entry/that_rae_analysis/2008-12-18T15:15:30Z2008-12-18T15:15:30Z<p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5361663.ece">Times:</a> <em>&ldquo;Former polytechnics give Oxbridge a run for its money in rankings&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/18/rae-results-cambridge">Guardian:</a> <em>...&rdquo;ex-polytechnics have failed to wrest a significant number of the stars awarded for research away from the research giants of the Russell Group of universities including Oxford and Cambridge.&rdquo;</em></p><p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5361663.ece">Times:</a> <em>&ldquo;Former polytechnics give Oxbridge a run for its money in rankings&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/18/rae-results-cambridge">Guardian:</a> <em>...&rdquo;ex-polytechnics have failed to wrest a significant number of the stars awarded for research away from the research giants of the Russell Group of universities including Oxford and Cambridge.&rdquo;</em></p>Chris Doidge's Bloghttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/(C) 20202008-12-18T15:15:30Z0Keele Uni better than Warwick byhttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/entry/keele_uni_better/2007-02-28T09:52:49Z2007-02-28T09:52:49Z<p>It&rsquo;s true. Well, it must be. Why else would their Vice-Chancellor award herself a <strong>31.7%</strong> pay-rise this year? Maybe it&rsquo;s because they had the UK&rsquo;s fourth steepest decline in <span class="caps">UCAS</span> applications last year? Aw bless. At least they top a league table now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/27/keele_uni_rumpus/">More</a></p><p>It&rsquo;s true. Well, it must be. Why else would their Vice-Chancellor award herself a <strong>31.7%</strong> pay-rise this year? Maybe it&rsquo;s because they had the UK&rsquo;s fourth steepest decline in <span class="caps">UCAS</span> applications last year? Aw bless. At least they top a league table now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/27/keele_uni_rumpus/">More</a></p>Chris Doidge's Bloghttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/(C) 20202007-02-28T09:52:49Z0Kids aren't as stupid as we thought they were byhttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/entry/kids_arent_as/2007-02-14T22:49:43Z2007-02-14T14:19:52Z<p>University degrees with significant rises in applications (2007 v 2006):</p>
<ul>
<li>Civil engineering 18,605 up 13%</li>
<li>Economics: 37,974 up 12.8%</li>
<li>Physics: 19,140 up 12.2%</li>
<li>Chemistry: 20,786 up 11.3%</li>
<li>Fine art: 9,703 up 10.5%</li>
<li>Maths: 33,790 up 10%</li>
<li>Music: 21,281 up 9.9%</li>
<li>History: 6,021 up 9.2%</li>
<li>English: 55,581 up 7.6%</li>
<li>Biology: 23,367 up 6%</li>
</ul>
<p>They&rsquo;ve obviously noticed that if you&rsquo;re graduating with tens of thousands of pounds of debt, you may as well do something useful.</p><p>University degrees with significant rises in applications (2007 v 2006):</p>
<ul>
<li>Civil engineering 18,605 up 13%</li>
<li>Economics: 37,974 up 12.8%</li>
<li>Physics: 19,140 up 12.2%</li>
<li>Chemistry: 20,786 up 11.3%</li>
<li>Fine art: 9,703 up 10.5%</li>
<li>Maths: 33,790 up 10%</li>
<li>Music: 21,281 up 9.9%</li>
<li>History: 6,021 up 9.2%</li>
<li>English: 55,581 up 7.6%</li>
<li>Biology: 23,367 up 6%</li>
</ul>
<p>They&rsquo;ve obviously noticed that if you&rsquo;re graduating with tens of thousands of pounds of debt, you may as well do something useful.</p>Chris Doidge's Bloghttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cdoidge/(C) 20202007-02-14T22:49:43Z3